Heel-lift pasting and delivering machine.



PATBNTED JULY 30, 1907, I L. E. BUNN LL A. J. HOOKER. EEEL LIET PASTINGAND DELIVERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB- 10. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUlS E. BUNNELL AND ARTHUR J. HOOKER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HEEL-LIFT PASTING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed February 10, 1906. Serial No. 300,453.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoUIs E. 'BUNNELL and An- THUR .T. HOOKER, citizensof the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHeel-Lift Pasting and Delivery Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to a top lift and heel pasting and deliveringmachine, adapted to feed the pasted top lifts into the gripping jaws orreceiving orifice of a heel nailing machine.

So far as we are aware, at present, the top lifts are pasted by hand andpresented to the receiver of this heel nailing machine, which operationbeing wholly manual, is comparatively slow.

The object of the present invention is to provide a machine that willuniformly paste the top lifts and heels and deliver them accurately andrapidly to the receiver of the nailing machine. As the carrier whicheffects this delivery, must register accurately with the receivingorifice, it is the further object of this invention to provideadjustment which will insure this perfect registration.

Other objects of the invention relate to the means for operating thepasting brush, to the means for operating the carrier, and to theadjustment of the lift supporting portion of the carrier.

These and other features of the invention will be more fully set forthin the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in Whicl1:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.Fig. 3 is a section on line my, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line y,y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view on line w, 10, Fig. 2, ofthe laterally adjustable plates forming the top lift and heel support ofthe carrier. Fig. 6 is an inside plan view of the gear, pawl and ratchetfeed for rotating the pasting brush in one direction of movement. Fig. 7is a side elevation of the preferred form of my device. Fig. 8 is asection on line .2, z, Fig. 1.

1 represents a'base plate, upon which is mounted the vertical hollowscrewed threaded column 2, both laterally and vertically adjustable onthe base plate.

3 represents a horizontal gib-Way, provided with a sleeve 4 fitting intothe top of the column 2 and having a vertical key-way engagement 5 withsaid column, see Fig. 4, which holds the gib-way against rotation.

6 represents a carrier gibbed to the horizontal way 3. The heel liftsupport of said carrier is formed by the laterally adjustable plates 7,7, separated as shown in Fig. 2, to provide access between them for theaction of the pasting brushes 8, 8.

The means for adjusting the plates 7, 7, are shown in Fig. 5. Theseplates 7, 7, have keys 9, 9, engaging into the transverse slot orkey-way 10, in the upper face of the carrier 6. These plates are furtherprovided with the upright posts 11, 11", through which passes theadjusting screw 12 having right and left screw threaded engagement withthe said uprights. Adjusting screw 12 is swiveled in the pillar 13 ofthe carrier 6 and is provided with a thumb knurl at its outer end. 7

, 15 represents a tongue lying upon the plates 7, 7 at the rear endthereof, the end of the tongue forming an abutment for engaging thestraight edge of the lift resting upon the plates 7, 7. The tongue 15 isadjustable longitudinally of the carrier by means of the screw 16, whichhas a threaded engagement with the collar 17 of the carrier.

By means of the lateral adjustability of the plates 7, 7, and thelongitudinal adjustability of the tongue 15, a support is formed on thecarrier, which is adjustable to any size of top or heel lift, and whichaffords access for the application of paste to the under side of the topor heel lift.

The front end of the gib-way 3 is provided with the depending leaves 18,18, between which is mounted the journal shaft 19. Journaling upon thisshaft 19 is a sleeve 20 to which the brushes 8, 8, are fixed. On one endof the sleeve 20 is a ratchet wheel 21, see Figs. 1, 3 and 5.

The carrier 6 is provided with a longitudinal rack 22, engaging withgear wheel 23 on the outside of leaf 18. Gear 23 is fixed to a shaft 24which journals in the leaf l8 and which carries a gear 25, on the insideof the leaf 18, see Fig. 6. Gear 25 meshes with a gear wheel 26journaled on the shaft 19, opposite the end of the ratchet wheel 21.Gear 26 is provided with a spring pressed pawl 27 held normally inengagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 21.

From this description of the mechanism it will be understood that inoperation a top or heel lift is laid upon the plates 7, 7, with itsstraight edge abutting the end of the tongue 15, the carrier 6 is pushedforward by hand or otherwise which rotates the pasting brushes as thetop or heel lift is moved across them, the extreme forward end of thestroke of the carrier delivering the top or heel lift into the receivingmember of the nail driving machine, which latter machine is not shown inthe drawing. In the return movement of the carrier the pawl 27 passesidly over the key to the ratchet 21 and the pasting brushes are notrotated. Any suitable means may be employed for applying glue to thebrushes, and suitable actuating mechanism, may, if desired, be appliedfor positively reciprocating the carrier 6. 28 represents an externalsleeve threaded on the column 2, the upper end of which abuts under theT-head of the gib-way 3. It is obvious that by rotating the said nut 28the gib-way may be raised and lowered With the carrier, being held fromrotation by the vertical key-way engagement between the sleeve 4 and thecolumn 2.

We prefer to employ the actuating means shown in Fig. 7, in which 30 isa foot treadle connected. to a link 31 pivoted to one end of crank arm32, provided at one end with a slit 33 through which passes a bolt 34:on the carrier 6. When this treadle is actuated the carrier 6 will bereciprocated. The base 1 preferably sets upon the table 36 and issecured by bolts 37. Column 2 has preferably a flanged base 38, see Fig.4, slotted laterally, through which slots, pass bolts 39 engaging withbase 1, see Fig. 1 which provides a laterally adjustable clamp betweensaid bases.

40 represents bolts passing through base 38 and abutting against base 1for vertically adjusting the device.

Having described our invention, we claim:-

A machine for pasting and delivering top lifts to the re ceiving elementof a heel nailing machine, consisting of a horizontal guide, a top liftcarrier adapted to be reciprocated thereon, means for pasting the undersurface of the lift when the carrier is reciprocated on the guide, andadjusting means adapted to accurately register the delivery end of saidguide with the said receiving element of a nailing machine,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

LOUIS E. BUNNELL. ARTHUR J. HOOKER.

Witnesses to Louis E. Bunnell:

OLIVER B. Knrsim, Lno ODONNELL.

Witnesses to Arthur J. Hooker:

LEO ODONNELL, Lursn BECK.

